Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated

jewels 4-turkoosi Flowers

 

More  saturated art at: Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated

MakroTex: Clean – Puhdas

Soap brush blankets

MaktoTex : Makrohaaste 114

Black & White Challenge: Animals = Monkeys

baby in thought baby close-up care please

More to be found at :  Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Animals

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I had trouble  finding all these colors, the petrol green for one thing, and the purple shade here…

the flower picture has all of them but the red…what do you think?

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more colorful collages at Värikollaasi 145

September afternoon in Linlo island, Kirkkonummi

First it looks very grey, but we enjoy few moments of sunshine in this beautiful island.

This post is linked to

Travel Photo Mondays #13 and ein stück himmel # 90

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Boats

I love the sea, boats, sailboats…here are few I’ve photographed.

First four are from Sri Lanka, Negombo,

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This Sailboat was in Hope Springs in Canada (below)

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These last three ones are  from Thailand

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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Boats

Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns

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More at: Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns

Cee’s Which Way Challenge: No. 9 – Bridges

This is linked to:   Cee’s Which Way Challenge: No. 9

ein stück himmel # 90

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

 

this is linled to  ein stück himmel # 90

Takana/ Behind

What can I say, these are close – ups of something behind. I took the challenge literally… the fly agaric is behind grass

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one of the pine cones is behind the others,,, why am I explaining these?

this table setting is behind the window…yes I know this is not a close-up..I could do with a glass of wine…

behind a window

 

This post is linked to; Makrohaaste 113

Heinola bird garden

Heinola bird garden was established in 1963. Heinola Town Supervisor,  Anthony Bosley donated a variety of parrots to the city, and the bird nursery started. Over the years the business has expanded. Bird nursery’s mission is to take care of injured wild birds and return them to  back to the nature after recovery. About 300 birds have been treated so far, but the number of lives all the time. The annual number of treated birds is approximately 200 – 250 individuals, of which about 30-40% can be returned back to the wild.

The main causes of injuries are, traffic, power lines and various types of large glass surfaces. These birds that wont survive  in the wild, but are able to live independently at the shelter, remain in the nursery. . Many species, such as owls are difficult to spot in the wild

Here are few pictures I was able to take there,,,

Autumn colors

I took these photos during the weekend…beautiful colors. There was so much leaves falling down the trees, autumn is here for sure.

värikollaasi 144

Värikollaasi 144

Weekly photo challenge – inside

I had trouble deciding what kind of pictures I would like to add to this. Here are two different approaches to it. The first picture are taken in valley of the Kings in Cyprus
Spread over a vast area, these impressive underground tombs date back to the 4th century BC. They are carved out of solid rock while some are decorated with Doric pillars. High officials rather than Kings were buried here, but the magnificence of the tombs gave the locality its name.

The other set is home of the elephant farm workers in Thailand…totally different take.

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More of inside pictures at;

Weekly photo challenge – inside

 

Cee’s Which Way Challenge: Green path

This week I’m displaying Which Ways – where there is a lot of grass in the photo.  Whether the grass is the actual path or surrounds the path. Here is my green path road. green path road green path with light green path with a cat Green path

 

more at :

Cee’s Which Way Challenge: No. 8

Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Abandoned or Alone

mine is Abandoned old barn in Finland

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more at:  Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Abandoned or Alone

Steamed clams

I usually do not take photos of food – few times I’ve tried – here is one of my attempts to do so.

What do you think?

steamed clams- cropped (1)

steamed clams- cropped (2)

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Colors – Red and Green

The topic was color, my first thought was flowers so colorful and vibrant, Instead I chose buildings with color…but they are not macro,so no they are out,  these are kind of macro photos of  apples and berries

red and green

red and green

Linked to  MakroTex: Makrohaaste 112

Light

Light light

 

I have linked this to  ein stück himmel # 89

Sunday Stills: Watershots

These water shots are from Kumian mylly , in Nastola.

More at:

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Watershots

Värikollaasi 143

2013-09-07 morning mist boy in wheatfields

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Different Point of View

I took photos of this old wooden barn –  I have not taken  one single shot  of the whole building,  but the parts that are about to be destroyed by time.

I do not once again know if this a different point of view… of what. But it is beautiful in its ugliness.

Weekly Photo Challenge – Different Point of View

Portrait

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